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| October 15, 2020
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Sudan agrees to normalize ties with Israel for removal from US terror list

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The Sudanese Sovereignty Council has decided to move ahead and accept the US demand to normalize diplomatic ties with the Jewish State in exchange for their removal from the US blacklist of terrorism supporters.

By i24NEWS

 

The Sudanese Sovereignty Council decided to go ahead with normalizing the country’s ties with Israel, sources close to the Sudanese leadership told i24NEWS.

A source close to the council told the Arabic-language edition of i24NEWS that after a heated discussion late on Wednesday, the council decided to yield to US pressure and forge formal ties with Israel.

According to reports in Sudanese and Arab media outlets, Washington gave Sudan 24 hours to respond to an ultimatum demanding that Sudan recognizes Israel and normalizes its ties with the Jewish state in exchange for being removed from the US blacklist of terrorism supporters. Continue Reading »

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| August 30, 2020
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Israeli plane to make maiden direct flight to UAE, via Saudi Arabia airspace

This would be the first publicly acknowledged entry into Saudi airspace by El Al, Israel’s official airline to Abu Dhabi from Israel; passengers include officials from Washington & Jerusalem for the first stage of direct normalization talks.

Agencies

 

An airliner carrying Israeli and U.S. delegations to the UAE on Monday will fly over Saudi Arabia, according to a source familiar with the itinerary, in what would be the first publicly acknowledged entry of an Israeli plane into Saudi air space.

El Al flight LY971 is ready to fly to UAE. – Photo courtesy: El Al spokesperson

El Al flight LY971, a number that includes the UAE international dialing code, will depart from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi on Monday. Continue Reading »

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| March 14, 2019
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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt reject clause ending normalization with Israel

REPORT: Led by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt yesterday rejected a closing statement by the Union of Arab Parliaments that included a call demanding an end to normalization with Israel.

By Israel Today Staff

 

AMMAN, JORDAN – Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates earlier this month reportedly shot down an effort to curb Arab normalization with Israel.

During a gathering of the Union of Arab Parliaments in Amman, Jordan, the speaker of Kuwait’s National Assembly, and the oil-rich state’s de facto ruler, Marzouq Al-Ghanim, proposed a closing resolution that called on the Arab world to walk back recent moves toward the Jewish state. Continue Reading »

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| February 22, 2019
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Palestinians kill Israeli plan for railway link to Arab Gulf States

“Israel offered us the chance to participate in a railway scheme linking Haifa to Jenin to a number of Arab capitals,” the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister said on Twitter. “But we rejected the offer,” al-Sheikh said. “We won’t normalize relations with Israel.”

By i24NEWS

 

Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh rejected an Israeli offer to establish a railway link between Israel and several Arab states that would go through the West Bank on Friday.

“Israel offered us the chance to participate in a railway scheme linking Haifa to Jenin to a number of Arab capitals,” the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister said on Twitter. Continue Reading »

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